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and get this, it's 50 degrees here in new york city. mariah carey, mary j. blige, the goo goo dolls are among the performances you'll see tonight and the "today" show gang will be there for the ceremony starting at 7:00 p.m. eastern here on nbc. [ male announcer ] we took new febreze free with no perfume to prove the skeptics wrong. hi. are you karen? [ karen ] yes, i am you said in a focus group, "they just mask the smell." i'm going to ask you to find the smelliest item in your home. here. okay. [ laughs ] very, very strong dog odor. this is febreze free. it has no perfume. wow. now it smells clean, and it doesn't have an odor. you're welcome. [ male announcer ] odor elimination without masking. the proof is in every bottle of febreze fabric refresher. breathe happy. >>> all right, so we continue to monitor the developing news right here on msnbc. we're showing you a live look at the center for american progress in the nation's capital, washington, d.c. president obama will take the podium any minute from now and deliver live remarks to us. this speech is
and get this, it's 50 degrees here in new york city. mariah carey, mary j. blige, the goo goo dolls are among the performances you'll see tonight and the "today" show gang will be there for the ceremony starting at 7:00 p.m. eastern here on nbc. [ male announcer ] we took new febreze free with no perfume to prove the skeptics wrong. hi. are you karen? [ karen ] yes, i am you said in a focus group, "they just mask the smell." i'm going to ask you to find the smelliest item in...
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meanwhile, the city is failing. >> reporter: the city is failing, yes. and it is the inner city. i mean there is so much urban blight in detroit that there are only really maybe a handful of other cities in the country that are suffering the same type of true deterioration that they have seen in detroit with not just abandoned factories and warehouses and things like that, but even the residential areas have fallen into such disrepair that no one will go there. now again, rather ironically, the rest of michigan is doing very well. i was out there just earlier in the year and government officials and business people are talking about something of a renaissance going on in michigan, particularly in the industrial sector. it just has not made it to detroit, and detroit has really collapsed from within. >> again, the federal judge saying that detroit is eligible for bankruptcy. ron, i want to thank you and leave everybody with these thoughts. 40% of the city's lights didn't work in the first quarter of 2013. 50% of parks have been closed since 2008 and roughly 78,000 structures are a
meanwhile, the city is failing. >> reporter: the city is failing, yes. and it is the inner city. i mean there is so much urban blight in detroit that there are only really maybe a handful of other cities in the country that are suffering the same type of true deterioration that they have seen in detroit with not just abandoned factories and warehouses and things like that, but even the residential areas have fallen into such disrepair that no one will go there. now again, rather...
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and on over to new york city. fast-food workers in 100 cities across the country are walking off the job today to demand higher wages. right now the median hourly wage for fast-food workers nationwide is $8.94 an hour. that is about $18,000 a year, which is just above the federal poverty level for a family of three. the goal of today's strike is simple. workers want to earn a living wage of $15 an hour, a wage that would allow them to raise their families without having to live in poverty. their employers, mcdonald's, burger king, taco bell and wendy's have seen soaring profits while workers have seen little to no gain in years. last year mcdonald's brought in $5.5 billion in profits, a 27% increase over five
and on over to new york city. fast-food workers in 100 cities across the country are walking off the job today to demand higher wages. right now the median hourly wage for fast-food workers nationwide is $8.94 an hour. that is about $18,000 a year, which is just above the federal poverty level for a family of three. the goal of today's strike is simple. workers want to earn a living wage of $15 an hour, a wage that would allow them to raise their families without having to live in poverty....
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he says he's got a plan to rescue cities like the motor city from financial ruin. i'm going to get into both those topics next with jared bernstein former economic adviser to joe biden. we're back after this 37 yo, yo, yo. aflac. wow. [ under his breath ] that was horrible. pays you cash when you're sick or hurt? [ japanese accent ] aflac. lr his breath ] hate it. helps you focus on getti back to normal? [ as a southern belle ] aflac. [ as a cowboy ] aflac. [ sassily ] aflac. uh huh. [ under his breath ] i am so fired. you're on in 5, duck. [ male announcer ] when you're sick or hurt, aflac pays you cash. find out more at aflac.com. a man who doesn't stand still. but jim has afib, atrial fibrillation -- an irregular heartbeat, not caused by a heart valve problem. that puts jim at a greater risk of stroke. for years, jim's medicine tied him to a monthly trip to the clinic to get his blood tested. but now, with once-a-day xarelto®, jim's on the move. jim's doctor recommended xarelto®. like warfarin, xarelto® is proven effective to reduce afib-related stroke risk.
he says he's got a plan to rescue cities like the motor city from financial ruin. i'm going to get into both those topics next with jared bernstein former economic adviser to joe biden. we're back after this 37 yo, yo, yo. aflac. wow. [ under his breath ] that was horrible. pays you cash when you're sick or hurt? [ japanese accent ] aflac. lr his breath ] hate it. helps you focus on getti back to normal? [ as a southern belle ] aflac. [ as a cowboy ] aflac. [ sassily ] aflac. uh huh. [ under...
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the citi thankyou preferred card. now earn 2x the points dining out, with no annual fee. go to citi.com/thankyoucards for all those who sleep for all those who sleep too hot or too cool, now there's a solution. sleep number dual temp, the revolutionary temperature-balancing layer with active air technology that works on any mattress brand, including yours. it's only at a sleep number store, where this holiday season, the hottest sleep innovations make the coolest gifts - including sleep number...
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we expect that wintry mix to make its way into new york city. that i-95 corridor on monday, not going to be pretty. this is where we are going to see accumulation likely for this ice. virginia, very tough time for you. in the area in the lighter purple, as it works up into pennsylvania, even new york state, possible sunday into monday, you will also see ice accumulati accumulation. we know what that does. brings power lines down, makes it impossible to get around. snow accumulations, 5 to 8 inches in upstate new york. 3 to 5 up in northern new england. and 1 to 3 in places like boston and of course in pennsylvania as well. but this is going to be a mess and that's the big story. >> here in new york, it seemed as if before now, the winter to a certain extent had been fairly mild, no? >> yeah, but you know what? here's the thing. we're just getting started. officially, winter just started a little bit ago. we have to get prepared for this. this is the thing, people need to start thinking about this. do you have your flashlight batteries? are you r
we expect that wintry mix to make its way into new york city. that i-95 corridor on monday, not going to be pretty. this is where we are going to see accumulation likely for this ice. virginia, very tough time for you. in the area in the lighter purple, as it works up into pennsylvania, even new york state, possible sunday into monday, you will also see ice accumulati accumulation. we know what that does. brings power lines down, makes it impossible to get around. snow accumulations, 5 to 8...